UPI: I Stand with Phil Robertson petition grows

AUTHOR:

“The petition urging A&E to restore the star of its popular Duck Dynasty show to his position has inched ever closer to its goal.

Since Phil Robertson was suspended indefinitely after making controversial comments in a GQ article equating homosexuality to bestiality and the Jim Crow South to an idyll, fans of the reality series have rushed to his defense.

By Thursday morning, a week after his suspension, more than 240,000 people had signed a petition circulated by Faith Driven Consumer, fewer than 10,000 shy of its goal, chiding A&E for its "intolerant, discriminatory, and punitive treatment" of the Duck Dynasty star.”